Agricultural trade and economic integration in the Western Hemisphere: current status
1995
Valdés, C., International Agricultural Trade Research Consortium, Washington, D.C. (EUA);IICA, San José (Costa Rica) | Wainio, J. | Gehlhar, M.
This articule explains the recent Summit of the Americas, the implementation of NAFTA and other regional trade agreements, and the member government approval of the Uruguay Round of the GATT provided renewed interest in regional trading arrangements. Many countries in the region view economic integration of market-oriented reform. This report focuses on the Western Hemisphere's growing interest in closer economic association and the patterns of trade for agricultural products including the characteristics of regional trade with the rest of the world, mutual trade within the region intra-American trade and an overview of U.S. agricultural trade with its neighbors in the hemisphere. (MV)
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